The worst of the rain is expected to hit northern Scotland and Northern Ireland, but showers can also be expected across central and southern England. Temperatures are expected to remain low for the time of year, in the low 20s celsius. Wet weather is expected to continue for northern parts of Britain at the beginning of next week, though temperatures should rise a little.

Met office meteorologist Steven Keates forecast: “Starting off Sunday morning we’ll see some rain potentially across the far southeast of England, soon clearing away, and then we’re into that mixture of sunshine and showers.

“For all of us Sunday will be quite a breezy day.

“Rain off the far southeast of England so it’s quite cloudy here first thing, a few sharp showers across parts of the Bristol Channel and South Wales but many other parts of England and Wales will start off mostly dry.

“Further north across Scotland and Northern Ireland more in the way of showers and the showers quite persistent and driven on by quite a strong wind.”